Jack the Giant Slayer is a reworking of Jack and the Beanstalk and a not a remake of the 1963 stop-motion film (Jack the Giant Killer).
The film mixes fairy tale, action and humour with a starry cast. There is a princess, a stoic and decent farm boy, a hiss-able villain and a upright and decent guardsman as well as giants who are all male for some reason.
Stanley Tucci delights as the villain and acts like he walked straight of the set off The Princess Bride. It is just a shame that the rest of the film did not take the slightly off the wall approach of that film.
Its a nice, lighthearted romp with good special effects but the film under-performed at the box office which is a shame as its much more enjoyable than the Transformer films or the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels.
The film mixes fairy tale, action and humour with a starry cast. There is a princess, a stoic and decent farm boy, a hiss-able villain and a upright and decent guardsman as well as giants who are all male for some reason.
Stanley Tucci delights as the villain and acts like he walked straight of the set off The Princess Bride. It is just a shame that the rest of the film did not take the slightly off the wall approach of that film.
Its a nice, lighthearted romp with good special effects but the film under-performed at the box office which is a shame as its much more enjoyable than the Transformer films or the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels.